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ArticleEvolutionary applications2025

Epigenetic Responses to Anthropogenic Versus Natural Sources of Oil Exposure Differ in Wild Arctic Seabird Populations.

Wing-Zheng Ho, Åsa Lind, Reyd Dupuis-Smith, Frederic Dwyer-Samuel, Samantha Pilgrim, George Gear, Rodd Laing, Gregg Tomy, Mark L Mallory, Jamie Enook and 3 more

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Article in Evolutionary applications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Wing-Zheng HoDepartment of Biology McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9880-8486
Åsa LindDepartment of Biology McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada.
Reyd Dupuis-SmithBiology Department Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Frederic Dwyer-SamuelNunatsiavut Government Nain Newfoundland and Labrador Canada.
Samantha PilgrimNunatsiavut Government Nain Newfoundland and Labrador Canada.
George GearNunatsiavut Government Nain Newfoundland and Labrador Canada.
Rodd LaingNunatsiavut Government Nain Newfoundland and Labrador Canada.
Gregg TomyThe Centre for Oil and Gas Research and Development University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.
Mark L MalloryThe Centre for Oil and Gas Research and Development University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.
Jamie EnookBiology, Acadia University Wolfville Nova Scotia Canada.
Yasmeen ZahabyScience and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Jennifer F ProvencherScience and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Rowan D H BarrettDepartment of Biology McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3044-2531

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anthropogenic pollution can have detrimental effects on organismal physiology, behavior, and fitness, but the underlying genomic mechanisms mediating these effects are not well understood. Epigenetic regulation, such as DNA methylation, has been proposed as a potential mechanism mediating these effects, but currently, there are few studies in wild populations. Here, we examined the methylation patterns of liver tissues from black guillemot (

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PMCPMC12234072

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